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Sunday, 15 April 2018

Confronting the Saxons and Frisians and a Blood Feud across the Rhine, 530 - 534 AD

Childebert
confronts the Saxons

Childebert finds the Saxon warband sacking a Frankish
village flanked on two sides by hills. Deploying the militia to their front the
tribal Franks take up a position on the left flank with the cavalry extending
the line further. The intention was to have the mounted Franks encircle the
Frisian horde and assault them from their rear.

Disturbed by the appearance of the Franks, the Saxons
quickly formed deep columns and marched forward at a brisk pace.

A small detachment left behind to defend the village
would keep the Frankish cavalry at bay. Childebert’s shield wall collapsed
under the Saxon fury leaving his mounted group dangerously exposed. A quick
assessment of the mass number of Saxons pouring through the Frankish line, Childebert
called for a general retreat handing the Saxons a convincing victory (5 – 0).

Frisian
pirates plunder the realm of Chlodomer

The Frisians have deployed their battle line not far
from their camp. Chlodomer formed his shield wall to face the bulk of the
Frisian force and positioned his tribal warriors on the far left. These would
attempt to flank the enemy line as the Frisians moved forward.

Noticing the hesitancy of the Franks to advance, the
Frisians chose to clear the wood before making a general assault and so made
the necessary adjustments in their approach.

The Franks countered this by advancing their line forward
which had the adverse effect, the Frisians changed direction to fall on the
Frankish shield wall and breaking it. Within minutes the battle was over as all
Chlodomer could view was a oncoming wave of Frisian pagans leaving the corpses
of nearly half the army soaking the battlefield (5 – 1).

Thuringia
and Bavaria continue their feud.

The Thuringian and Bavarians (top of the photo) deployed
their armies in a narrow clearing between woods and a lake forcing both sides
to form deep columns.

As their positions were askew of one another, both
forces had to wheel their lines as they approached. In that moment, both sides
secured the wood on their right flank.

The struggle was long and hard but the Bavarians
persevered by killing the Thuringian king. Seeing this, the Thuringian warriors
lost heart and fled the field (4g – 1).